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Turgott, who made one first-team appearance for the Hammers in a 5-0 FA Cup defeat to Nottingham Forest in January 2014 and also scored the winner against Scotland in the 2009 Victory Shield clash, was captured on CCTV withdrawing the casino tokens at around 10.20pm.

Other transactions were made on the card after it was used by Turgott to withdraw cash, it was claimed.

Police said the card was allegedly only used by Turgott twice.

The card actually belonged to Peter Dixon, 85, who was tricked into handing over his card to a telephone fraudster pretending to be from Barclays bank.

The card was collected from Mr Dixon's home.

Blair Turgott was accused of using a stolen bank card to withdraw £16,000 to gamble at a Playboy casino (Image: Reuters)

The winger denied the charges and claimed the card was given to him by a friend called "Ali" who owed him £16,000 for a job interview in property development in Uganda.

After waiting around seven months to be repaid, Turgott claimed Ali handed him Mr Dixon's card saying it belonged to a friend who was letting him use it because he lost his own.

Turgott was shown WhatsApp messages on Ali's phone as proof he had permission to use the card including a screen shot of a bank transfer, it was claimed

But after a three-day trial at Southwark Crown Court today a jury could not reach a verdict after five hours of deliberating.

Recorder Louis Weston asked the jury this afternoon if they could reach a majority verdict if given more time.

But the foreman replied "no".

The Crown Prosecution Service will have seven days to decide if they want to seek a retrial.

Recorder Weston said: "In the circumstances I'm going to discharge you from reaching a verdict in this case.

Blair Turgott previously played for Premier League side West Ham United (Image: PA)